Frank McHugh

Acting

Born May 22, 1898

From Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

Died Sep 11, 1981

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Francis Curray "Frank" McHugh (May 23, 1898 – September 11, 1981) was an American film and television actor. Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents ran a stock theatre company and as a young child he performed on stage. His brother Matt and sister Kitty performed an act with him by the time he was ten years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930. Another brother, Ed, became a stage manager and agent in New York. McHugh debuted on Broadway in The Fall Guy in 1925. Warner Bros. hired him as a contract player in 1930. McHugh played everything from lead actor to sidekick and would often provide comedy relief. He appeared in over 150 films and television productions and worked with almost every star at Warner Bros. He was a close friend of James Cagney and appeared in more Cagney movies than any other actor. He appeared with him in eleven movies between 1932 and 1953. Their friendship lasted until McHugh's death. By the 1950s his film career had begun to decline, as evinced by his smaller role in Career (1959). From 1964 to 1965 he played the role of Willie Walters, a live-in handyman, on ABC's sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. His last television appearance was as Charlie Wingate in the episode "The Fix-It Man" on CBS's Lancer western series. McHugh played a handyman in that role too. McHugh was married to Dorothy Spencer. He had three children and two grandchildren. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank McHugh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Frank McHugh

Known For

The Roaring Twenties

Dodge City

Mighty Joe Young

State Fair

Going My Way

Fashions of 1934

City for Conquest

Career

All Through the Night

The Last Hurrah

Filmography — Acting

The Roaring Twenties

Dodge City

Mighty Joe Young

State Fair

Going My Way

Fashions of 1934

City for Conquest

Career

All Through the Night

The Last Hurrah

Back Street

Manpower

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Millie

The Velvet Touch

There's No Business Like Show Business

Easy Come, Easy Go

The Front Page

I Love You Again

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Gold Diggers of 1935

Dust Be My Destiny

'Til We Meet Again

Page Miss Glory

A Dream Comes True

Ex-Lady

Bullets or Ballots

Footlight Parade

A Tiger Walks

Blessed Event

One Way Passage

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Grand Slam

Virginia City

Parachute Jumper

Four Wives

Boy Meets Girl

Four Daughters

The Hoodlum Saint

Corsair

Breakdowns of 1938

Life Begins

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Daughters Courageous

Paid in Full

A Lion Is in the Streets

My Son John

Heat Lightning

The Fighting 69th

Union Depot

Say One for Me

The Crowd Roars

Submarine D-1

Four Mothers

The House on 56th Street

Son of a Sailor

Marine Raiders

It Happens Every Thursday

Wings of the Navy

Elmer, the Great

A Medal for Benny

The Telegraph Trail

Lilly Turner

Kiss Me Again

Maybe It's Love

Bowery to Broadway

Smarty